Red Moscow

Although the technical and tactical level of the German army was very high, they were at an absolute disadvantage in numbers, and they were all wiped out within two minutes of shooting each other.

"Stop shooting, stop shooting!" Seeing that there was no movement from the German army, Koshkin ran up from the ground and shouted loudly: "Listen, everyone, quickly search for the remnants of the enemy, find and destroy them."

The soldiers of the surrounding guard company agreed with a bang, and scattered in all directions, looking for enemies that might be hiding around.

Koshkin came to Sokov and asked with concern: "Comrade Commander, are you not injured?"

"No." Sokov, who was hiding behind a telegraph pole, stood up straight and said to Koshkin, "The bullet just now was quite far away from me. I have nothing to do."

"Comrade Commander," Koshkin asked Sokov, "where did we go next?"

Since Colonel Konev did not tell him where he was after he entered the city, and no Soviet commanders were found nearby, Sokov could not figure out where Konev set up the division headquarters.

Sokov listened carefully, and then said to Koshkin: "Comrade Lieutenant, I don't know where Colonel Konev is now, we can only go to the place where the gunfire is the most intense, maybe we can find him there." he."

Koshkin agreed, and gathered dozens of soldiers to protect Sokov and move forward quickly along the road. He had a simple idea in his heart, it was too dangerous outside, he should escort the commander to Colonel Konev's division as soon as possible, and he would be safe by then.

Sokov's leg injury is almost healed now, and he can already walk without the help of a cane. To take care of him, Koshkin deliberately slowed the troops down so that Sokov could keep up.

Unexpectedly, just turning a street corner, I suddenly saw dozens of German soldiers approaching.

In such a sudden encounter, neither side thought to use the terrain and features to hide, starved to death subconsciously pulled the trigger, trying to overwhelm the other side with their own powerful firepower.

The officers and soldiers of both sides fired at each other crazily at almost face-to-face distance. During the shooting, in the queue of both sides. People kept falling down without humming. If it weren't for several soldiers who blocked Sokov with their bodies without hesitation, he would not have been able to escape the fate of being shot.

The two sides fired all the bullets in the gun chambers, did not change the magazines, and had no time to change the magazines, so they charged forward with bayonet-mounted assault rifles and started a bloody hand-to-hand battle.

The German army has always only paid attention to the speed of infantry shooting and the continuity of firepower on the battlefield. Only in individual cases such as street fighting or trench assault warfare, soldiers used grenades, daggers, and engineering shovels for hand-to-hand combat.

And every fighter around Sokov has pretty good stabbing skills. Therefore, in this hand-to-hand battle with the German army, it was quite handy.

The German army's stabbing skills were originally inferior to the Soviet army's. Now they encountered Sokov's elite guard company, and they were naturally at a disadvantage. It often takes three or four German soldiers to fall before a soldier from a guard company falls in a pool of blood.

Koshkin stabbed a tall German soldier with a bayonet-tipped assault rifle, but the guy dodged the fatal blow. He picked up the 98K rifle without a bayonet with both hands, and slammed it down on Koshkin viciously.

Koshkin raised his hand and knocked upwards, the bayonet was bent by the gun body. As soon as he drew back the gun body, a flower of blood suddenly burst out from his ribs, which turned out to be hit by a stray bullet flying from nowhere. He staggered and almost fell straight down.

Seeing an opportunity, the German soldiers swung their rifles and smashed Koshkin in the head. Sokov, who happened to kill a German soldier with a pistol, saw that Koshkin was in danger, so he raised his hand and shot the German soldier, knocking him to the ground.

Seeing the enemy in front of him fall down, Koshkin couldn't hold it any longer, and sat down on the curb. Sokov hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, then stumbled back.

Although the soldiers of the guard company gained the upper hand in the stabbing, but in the confrontation just now, the guard company suffered more than 20 casualties, and more than a dozen fell down in the stabbing. Now there are less than three soldiers who are still fighting with bayonets. ten people.

Seeing German soldiers rushing over in the distance, Sokov realized that something was wrong, and worried that he would suffer losses if he continued to fight, so he helped Koshkin to go back, hoping to meet the soldiers of the guard company who were left behind, and lead them They came to rescue the soldiers who were fighting the enemy with bayonets.

After running not far, Sokov saw a sandbag fortification on the side of the road with an MG42 machine gun inside, so he walked towards it with Koshkin by his arm.

After entering the sandbag fortification, Sokov helped Koshkin sit down with his back against the sandbag, and then asked with concern: "Lieutenant Koshkin, are you okay?"

"It's okay, Comrade Commander." Koshkin grinned and said, "It's just some skin trauma, and there will be no danger of life."

"Since it's all right, let me be the sub-shooter of the machine gun." After Sokov finished speaking, he turned his gun and pointed at the German soldiers rushing along the street and pulled the trigger.

For a moment, the sound of gunfire was deafening, a tongue of flame spurted out from the muzzle, the shell casings splashed, and the bullets splashed the gravel on the street. hole, fell to the ground on his back.

The rate of fire of the MG42 machine gun was extremely fast, and a chain of bullets was fired in an instant. Seeing that Koshkin hadn't replaced the ammunition belt by himself, Sokov became a little anxious, and turned his head to attack Koshkin. He suddenly heard the sound of the helmet, and at the same time, he felt a huge force hit his head. Like being hit by a heavy hammer, his head instantly leaned back, driving his body to fly backwards, and landed heavily. fell to the ground.

Sokov's mind was blank, only one thought kept repeating in his mind: "Could it be that I was headshot by a sniper?!"

"Comrade Commander, what's wrong with you?" Sokov felt someone squatting beside him, and shouted loudly in his ear.

Sokov's mind was blank at the moment, he looked at the people around him blankly, opened his mouth, but couldn't speak. Seeing me staring and not speaking, the other party usually grabbed his shoulders and shook vigorously, while continuing to shout loudly: "Comrade Commander! Comrade Commander! What's wrong with you, are you alright?!"

It took a while for Sokov to regain his composure and see clearly that the person squatting in front of him was Koshkin. He murmured: "Comrade lieutenant, quickly change the belt of the machine gun, or the Germans will charge up."

"Comrade Commander, don't worry." Koshkin comforted Sokov and said, "The soldiers who were left behind by the guard company have rushed over and are engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Germans. I believe it will not be long before we can get rid of the Germans." The enemy is beaten back."

Sokov let out an "oh", then reached out to touch the helmet on top of his head, found a groove on the helmet, and hurriedly took it off to check. "Comrade Commander," Koshkin said fearfully, pointing to the bullet holes on the helmet, "Fortunately, the German bullets were fired a little higher, otherwise you would have been shot in the head right now."

Sokov broke into a cold sweat from the bullet marks on his helmet, and thought with horror that Koshkin was right, if the enemy who shot at him lowered the muzzle of the gun by one centimeter, he would have already become a cold corpse at this moment.

The battle that took place here alarmed the nearby troops, and a captain came to support with his company. When he saw clearly that it was Sokov who was attacked, he broke out in a cold sweat from fright, and quickly asked, "Comrade Commander, are you not injured?"

Sokov shook his head and said, "I'm fine. Comrade Captain, which part are you in?"

"Report to Comrade Commander," the captain replied, squatting beside Sokov, "I am the 1st Battalion and 2nd Company of the 2nd Regiment of the 3rd Airborne Division. After exchanging fire with our army, they rushed over with people."

"Aren't these areas occupied by you?" Koshkin asked in a reproachful tone: "How can the enemy infiltrate?"

Although the captain's military rank was higher than that of Koshkin, when he saw that the other party could ask Sokov in front of Sokov, he knew that this person's identity was not simple, so he respectfully said, "Lieutenant Comrade, our troops are too small to control all road sections. The Germans are taking advantage of the weakness of our troops to continue to infiltrate the areas we occupy along the gaps in the defense line."

Sokov knew what the captain said, so he didn't blame the captain. On the contrary, he asked kindly: "Comrade captain, you said that you belonged to the 2nd Airborne Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Fritzman." group?"

"Yes, Comrade Commander. I am from Fritzmann's Regiment."

Sokov remembered that Konev followed the 2nd Regiment of the Airborne Forces, that is to say, if he found the 2nd Regiment, he would be able to find Konev's division headquarters. He quickly asked: "Where is your division headquarters?"

"At the theater on the next block."

Knowing the location of the division headquarters of the 3rd Airborne Division, Sokov felt more at ease, "Comrade Captain, please take us there."

As he spoke, Sokov put his hands on the ground and tried to stand up. Seeing this, Koshkin and the captain hurried forward to help Sokov stand up.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Sokov stood up straight, he felt the world spinning. If it weren't for the support of two people around him, he might fall to the ground again. Even so, he still felt nauseated in his chest. Fortunately, he forcibly held back, otherwise, vomiting in front of a group of subordinates would have a negative impact on his image.

The captain patted Sokov on the back with his free hand, and said: "Comrade Commander, if you are not feeling well, please rest for a while before leaving."

Sokov was eager to find out the whereabouts of Shtemenko, so he was not willing to waste time outside. He shook his head vigorously and said to the captain: "Comrade Captain, I need to find Colonel Konev immediately, and I can't delay here for too long." Time, you take us to the division headquarters immediately."

"Okay, Comrade Commander." Seeing that Sokov was so persistent, the captain couldn't do anything, so he left a dozen soldiers to clean up the battlefield, and then led Sokov and others towards the division headquarters. go.

The soldiers standing at the entrance of the theater heard dense gunshots and explosions in the distance, and guessed that it must be the enemy that had infiltrated, and exchanged fire with friendly forces. Seeing a group of people approaching him at this moment, he couldn't help feeling a little flustered, thinking it was the Germans calling. But when the other party got closer, they saw that they were all wearing Soviet uniforms.

Seeing friendly troops approaching the theater, an officer at the gate hurriedly called Lieutenant Colonel Fritzman, "Comrade Commander, there is a group of people outside. Judging from their clothes, they should be our own people. You see, can you come out and negotiate with the commander of the friendly army in person."

Fritzmann greeted Konev and walked out of the theater with the two fighters. According to his thinking, it may be the troops of the 4th Airborne Division or the 41st Guards Division. Going out to meet them in person is enough to show their sincerity.

But what he didn't expect was that when he came to the entrance of the theater, he could not help but be surprised to see Sokov among the crowd walking by. He was afraid that he might have made a mistake, so he quickly rubbed his eyes with both hands, and then continued to examine carefully, only to find that it was indeed Sokov.

He hurriedly turned his head and said to a soldier behind him: "You go back immediately and report to the division commander, and say that Comrade Commander has arrived at the door, please come out to greet him quickly."

How could the soldier dare to neglect such an important matter, and after a quick promise, he turned and ran towards Konev's office.

"Comrade Commander," Fritzman came to Sokov, and instead of saluting, he asked politely, "The battle in the city is still going on, why did you come to the city?"

Sokov did not tell him the real purpose of his trip, but instead asked, "Lieutenant Colonel Fritzman, tell me, have you met the deputy chief of staff, General Shtemenko?"

"I've seen it." Fritzman replied straightforwardly: "I saw it in your observation station."

After listening to the other party's answer, Sokov knew that he had misunderstood himself, and quickly explained: "Lieutenant Colonel Fritzmann, you made a mistake, I want to ask if you have seen Comrade Deputy Chief of Staff in the city? "

"In the city?!" Fritzman asked in surprise, "Comrade Commander, when did the Deputy Chief of Staff enter the city?"

"It's probably half an hour earlier than us." Sokov continued to ask, "Haven't you seen him?"

When entering the city, Sokov was lucky, thinking that after entering the city, Shtemenko must be the first to go to the headquarters of the 3rd Airborne Division. So he also wishful thinking that the chances of Stemenko being in the division headquarters at the moment are relatively high.

But what he didn't expect was that Fritzman shook his head after hearing this, and replied resolutely: "Comrade commander, I think you may have obtained wrong information. Since the division headquarters settled here, I have not Having seen the Deputy Chief of Staff, I think he must be trapped somewhere at the moment."

Knowing that Stemenko might be trapped by the Germans, Sokov couldn't help being moved. When he came, he encountered the infiltrated German troops and fought. As for the guard company brought by Shtemenko, if they had not encountered the enemy, they should be staying in Colonel Konev's division headquarters at this moment. But now, there is no living or dead body, which makes Sokov feel extremely uneasy.

However, he was not in a hurry to find Stemenko, because if he searched recklessly like this, he might not find him, but he ended up getting himself involved. So Sokov calmly said to Fritzman: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, please take me to see Colonel Konev, I think I will have a good talk with him."